Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 634 › Conversation 634-006
Nixon & Bull on Hubert Maga and Photography
Thursday, December 9, 1971 · 2:59 PM–3:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
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President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly met to discuss administrative arrangements for an upcoming meeting with Hubert Maga. The President specifically inquired about the logistics of obtaining photographs for the event. Nixon directed Bull to coordinate with Ronald L. Ziegler regarding these visual materials.
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NARA Description
On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 634-6
Date: December 9, 1971
Time: 2:59 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Hubert Maga meeting
-Photographs
-Ronald L. Ziegler
Bull left at 3:00 pm.Also recorded on December 9, 1971
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- 634-003 2:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
- 016-073 2:39 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:46 pm.
- 634-004 2:39 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:43 pm.
- 634-005 2:43 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John W. Byrnes, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:43 pm to 2:59 pm.
- 016-074 2:46 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Byrnes talked on the telephone from 2:46 pm to 2:48 pm.
- 016-075 2:48 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 7:42 pm.
- 634-007 3:00 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hubert Maga, Sophia K. Porson, White House photographer, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:29 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 634-006, December 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/634-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).